Excerpt from the Clarin article:
...."Given the current degree of uncertainty, the Board of Directors of BCRA decided to take a series of measures this Sunday that seek to preserve the reserves of the Central Bank. The announced measures are temporary, until December 2019," they said in a statement.
The entity (BCRA) explained that the new limit will be "US$200 per month for the purchase of dollars by individuals with a bank account and US$100 dollars for those purchasing with cash" (at official currency exchange entities) and that both amounts "are not cumulative".
.....the head of the monetary entity, Guido Sandleris, said the measure is "to preserve international reserves" during the transition of government, after the electoral victory of Alberto Fernández....